France

Quieter, Gentler with Superb Skiing!

With a prestigious 3 Valleys location, La Tania is sandwiched between Courchevel and Meribel in the heart of one of Europe's largest and finest ski areas (600+kms of piste!). It offers skiers the ultimate in choice with route 1 access to the best of the 3 valleys at their fingertips. With an altitude up to 3,200m and over 2,000 snow cannons, Les Trois Vallees will guarantee superb snow all season. La Tania further benefits with all its slopes being north facing, and will hold its snow until very late in April. The ski area is known for having some of the best snow conditions in the whole of the Alps!

Europe’s leading high altitude ski area

Famous for its high altitude and summer glacier skiing with a snow record most other resorts can only dream of, Tignes coolly and comfortably rivals the world’s best ski and board destinations and is made up of 4 villages. It’s got glacier skiing all the way up to 3,520m on the Grande Motte, and long, wide slopes to suit every ability. Try its famous (and long) tree-lined runs down into Les Brévières (where our Hotel Tetras Lodge is), excellent snow quality on the glacier and blues and reds to test your technique.

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We have a 4* boutique hotel, the Tetras Lodge (which is exclusive to us), in the centre of Tignes Les Brévières, the original ‘old town’ of Tignes. Brev’ is fast becoming one of France’s most desirable ski villages as it enjoys doorstep access to the very best high altitude, snow-sure slopes in the Alps; but from a pretty, chalet-style village. It suits those who prefer a quieter, more exclusive setting to the hustle and bustle of Tignes Le Lac - yet still want the best skiing at their fingertips. And don't forget the incredible La Sache run which is located at the top of Brévières and is one of the most famous descents in Tignes and Val d'Isère.

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Our chalets are in Tignes Le Lac and Lavachey at 2100m. They are all situated very close to the ski slopes and nurseries of the Pacquis and Chaudanne chair lifts, so beginners can get to ski-for-free and everyone else can get Route One access to the best ski slopes without having to walk very far.

Experts and Kids Love Val d'Isère!

This leading location is not only for the experienced – children and beginners love it too! There are Beginner and Intermediate friendly Green and Red slopes across the area but with 300km of free-riding, steep descents, and plentiful powder, the more advanced can cover plenty of ground, motorway ‘cruising’ or carving down the Boardercross course series of banked corners and humps. Snowboarding in Val d’Isère is quite highly regarded. Le Fornet is absolutely magical in the powder and offers clean and open powder fields from high up on the glacier. In the main town, Val d’Isère offers boutique shopping and a vibrant café culture. After a cool day on the slopes, things start to hot up with an early après ski kick off about 4pm in over 50 bars and restaurants. Set in southeastern France just 5km from the Italian border, you can expect some excellent Italian cuisine and French fusion food.

France’s 4th largest ski area & a true all-rounder

Being dubbed by developers as the next ‘Val D’Isere’ La Plagne is part of the vast Paradiski (connected directly to Les Arcs) and provides an incredible high altitude playground with unrivalled variety for all levels. It comprises ten ski villages with snow-sure slopes from nursery to Black and it’s not only a mecca for experts and intermediates, but just as popular with families as the true all-rounder ski resort.

La Plagne and the Paradiski make France’s 4th largest ski area with 11 ski villages to choose from. Our chalets are located in Plagne Villages and 1800, which we consider to have the best mix of entertainment and exclusivity for our guests.

Visit Plagne 1800 or Belle Plagne for the prettiest ‘ski resort’ feel and the right amount of shops and bars to keep you entertained but not overwhelmed.

Visit Plagne Centre for nightlife and shops and a more high-rise feel.

Visit Plagne Villages to be right on the slopes in the highest location with a smaller selection of shops and bars - but a connection to Plagne Centre until midnight (via the Telebus lift) and still enough on the doorstep to make apres-ski fun!

Méribel is a firm favourite for British skiers and boarders looking for an extensive choice of ski slopes and variety for all levels. With 600 kms of pisted trails it’s a vast ski area, (one of the largest), and further extended with so many great off-piste itineraries. Its chalet-style architecture and picturesque slopes are just icing on the cake for this world-renowned ski resort that combines the three greats: Courchevel, Méribel and Val Thorens for high class, high altitude snow sure skiing that make up Les Trois Vallees.

The largest linked ski area in Europe

Morzine-Avoriaz is part of the Portes du Soleil - the largest linked ski area in Europe. It covers 12 ski resorts (all on the same lift pass) and you can tour around them all in a day, but get ready for an adventure as you’ll cover 78 Kms of piste. Aside from being one of the prettiest resorts in the Alps, it’s also one of the liveliest and has year-round appeal with more than 100 cafes, bars, restaurants and apres-ski hideouts with some of the best gastro in the Alps. It has lots of charm and chalet-style architecture with no highrise blocks, so you’ll love the feel of it.

It offers a huge range of skiing spanning over into Switzerland; and with so many pistes, it’s a resort that will keep turning up undiscovered runs the whole week long! It’s also the most northern resort in the French Alps - and is directly linked with Avoriaz - thus enjoying an excellent snow record for a comparatively moderate altitude. In other words, you don't need to be so high to get good snow!

There’s also heaps to do off the slopes, so if you’re a non-skier or up for some alternative activities, then try snowshoe walks on dedicated trails, mountain bike rides (even in winter), ice diving, swimming, climbing, parapenting, husky rides, devil karts, skidoos and much more.

And just fifty miles from Geneva, Morzine-Avoriaz is so easily accessible it has become a favourite from the UK.